Heat Capacity

[Sophie Cresitello 1B]

Hi! What is the difference between heat capacity and specific heat capacity?

[emily3L]

The difference between heat capacity and specific heat capacity is mass in the calculation.

Heat capacity is the heat required to raise the temperature of an object by 1 degree C. This does not depend on mass.

Specific heat capacity is the heat required to raise the temperature of 1 g of a substance by 1 degree C. This depends on mass.

[Alan Nguyen 2I]

Another difference between the two that was not noted in the previous reply is that heat capacity is an extensive property, which means that the value depends on the amount present. Specific heat capacity is an intensive property, which means that no matter how much of a substance is present, the value is the same for a specific substance.

[joshua_quinn_1C]

Specific Heat Capacity is heat required to raise the temperature by 1 degree Celsius per gram while regular Heat Capacity does not include the "per gram" part.

[Neha Mukund]

Hi, heat capacity is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of an object by 1 degree Celsius. The specific heat capacity is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a certain substance by 1 degree celsius.

[405669838]

Heat capacity is simply the heat needed to raise the temperature 1 degree (heat supplied/temperature rise produced), while specific heat capacity is how much energy is needed to heat 1 gram of the material by 1 degree. (heat capacity / mass)

[Zoe Dhalla 3I]

Heat capacity is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of an object by 1oC. The specific heat of a substance is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of the substance by 1oC.

[Dillon Taing 3H]

Heat capacity is dependent on the mass of the substance considered and is defined as the amount of heat energy to increase the temperature of the substance by 1 degree Celsius or Kelvin. Specific heat capacity is an intensive property that represents the amount of heat to raise the temperature of 1 gram of an object by 1 degree Celsius or Kelvin.

[Allen Mayo 1E]

Specific heat capacity depends on the amount of the substance so heat required to raise 1 gram of the substance by 1 degree Celsius. Heat capacity is the heat required to raise a substance by 1 degree C.

[Samantha Quevedo 2L]

In most simplest terms, specific heat capacity deals with mass while heat capacity does not.

[Preethika Praveen 2G]

Heat capacity is defined as the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of a substance by 1°C whereas specific heat capacity is defined as the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance by 1°C.

[Hannah Thornton 1F]

The difference is that specific heat capacity involves mass. Specific heat capacity is the heat required to raise the temperature of 1 g of a substance by 1 degree C, while heat capacity is the heat required to raise the temperature of an object by 1 degree C and is independent of mass.

[Aaron Kim 1J]

Heat capacity is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of an object by 1 degree Celsius.
Specific heat capacity is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 g of a substance by 1 degree Celsius.

[Joelle Tran 1K]

Heat capacity: heat required to raise temperature of object by 1 degree Celsius; kJ/degrees Celsius.

Specific heat capacity: heat required to raise temperature of 1 GRAM OF OBJECT by 1 degree Celsius; J/K*mol.

[HemangD 3K]

Heat capacity is an extensive property (depends on the amount of substance present). Specifically, heat capacity is the heat required to raise the temperature of an object by 1 degree Celcius.

On the other hand, specific heat capacity is an intensive property (does not depend on the amount of substance present). It is the heat required to raise the temperature of 1g of a substance by 1 degree Celcius.

[Aparna Pillai 1E]

Heat capacity is the heat required to raise the temperature of an object by 1 degree Celcius, while the specific heat capacity is the heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree Celsius. Note that heat capacity is extensive because it depends on a specific amount of substance, while specific heat capacity is an intensive property.